In 2000, to promote the film's premiere, USA Network held a sweepstakes contest with a grand prize of $5,000 to the lucky person who can correctly identify five myths of Dracula as depicted in this film.
Rudolf Martin (Vlad Tepes) previously played the vampire Count Dracula, who was based on Vlad, in the Buffy contre les vampires (1997) episode Buffy vs. Dracula (2000). That episode aired on September 26, 2000, less than a month before the broadcast of this TV film.